1421

Years: 1418 1419 1420 - 1421 - 1422 1423 1424
Decades: 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

March 21 - Battle of Baugé. A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy.
May 26 - Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Murad II.
November 17–19 - St. Elizabeth flood. The coastal area near Dordrecht in the Netherlands was flooded due to extremely high tide of the North Sea. 72 villages were drowned, killing about 10,000 people.
John III of Dampierre, Marquis of Namur, sells his estates to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
China discovered the North American continent, according to the 1421 hypothesis.

July 25 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)
December 6 - King Henry VI of England (died 1471)
Sogi, Buddhist priest and Japanese poet (died 1502)
Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France
Ponhea Yat, ruler of the Khmer Empire (died 1467)